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seldom adv.很少；难得 (1) 他很少吃早餐。(2) 这棵苹果树很少结果。(3) 我很少见到这种暴行。(4) 我们绝少外出。(5) 她难得看电影。 A near synonym is rarely. Seldom is a Middle English word, from Old English seldum, a spelling alteration of seldan "strange, rare." In Old English, the spelling seldum came about by analogy with forms such as Old English hwilum "formerly, at one time," from hwil "time, while."

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英 ['seldəm] 美 ['seldəm] (1) He seldom eats breakfast.(2) The apple tree is seldom fruitful.(3) I have seldom seen such brutality.(4) We go out very seldom.(5) She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema. If you see your mother every day, but seldom see your dad because he works late, you might be grateful for the opportunity to hang with him on the weekends. Use the adjective seldom to refer to things that don't happen very often. 1[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]不常；很少；难得 If something seldom happens, it happens only occasionally.   [ADV before v]They seldom speak...他们很少发言。I've seldom felt so happy...我很少感觉如此幸福。We were seldom at home.我们常不在家。

英语单词	seldom
英美音标	英 ['seldəm] 美 ['seldəm]
中文释义	adv.很少；难得
英语例句	(1) He seldom eats breakfast. (2) The apple tree is seldom fruitful. (3) I have seldom seen such brutality. (4) We go out very seldom. (5) She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema.
中文例句	(1) 他很少吃早餐。 (2) 这棵苹果树很少结果。 (3) 我很少见到这种暴行。 (4) 我们绝少外出。 (5) 她难得看电影。
vocabulary简明	If you see your mother every day, but seldom see your dad because he works late, you might be grateful for the opportunity to hang with him on the weekends. Use the adjective seldom to refer to things that don't happen very often.
vocabulary扩展	A near synonym is rarely. Seldom is a Middle English word, from Old English seldum, a spelling alteration of seldan "strange, rare." In Old English, the spelling seldum came about by analogy with forms such as Old English hwilum "formerly, at one time," from hwil "time, while."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]不常；很少；难得 If something seldom happens, it happens only occasionally. [ADV before v] They seldom speak... 他们很少发言。 I've seldom felt so happy... 我很少感觉如此幸福。 We were seldom at home. 我们常不在家。

Seldom English Seldum Spelling 英 Seldəm] 美 Seldəm Adv.很少；难得